Part 2: Training Women vs. Men – 3 Key Differences You Need to Know

When training women, specific considerations needed for them fall into three categories: biomechanical, behavioural and biological. Part one of this article series highlighted some of the differences that exist between training men and women, centred predominantly around exercise selection, rest periods, volume and frequency. In this instalment, we aim to delve a little deeper and dissect…

21 November 20160Comments

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Transformation Stories

5 Things to Learn from a Body Transformation – Trainer Emily

As a personal trainer at Ultimate Performance, I work with clients every day who have a goal of changing their body for many different reasons. I personally think it's a privilege to be part of someone's journey in the pursuit of being more confident and happy within their own skin. With experience and continuous studying, you can…

8 November 20160Comments

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UP Food – Buffalo Avocado Chips

Avocados have made it, whether they are crushed on toast and sprinkled with chilli flakes or attracting all of the limelight in a delicious guacamole they quite simply make a nutritious snack at any stage of the day. Well it’s about time they had a makeover, a refreshing new favourite to break up the endless snaps…

4 November 20160Comments

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Diet

Why Dieting Doesn’t Have To Be So Hard

Let’s face it, dieting sucks. We want what we can’t have and nobody likes to feel hungry. Especially when we live in a country of abundance. Dieting doesn’t have to be as hard as you think, in fact it can be quite an enjoyable experience. When dieting you have to learn how to be smart with the…

4 November 20160Comments

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Transformation Stories

Sam’s Fitness Journey:

Now the Transformation Course is Over - What's Next for Sam? Well, I certainly wasn't expecting that - close to 1000 people liked my 'before and after' photo on Facebook, hundreds on Instagram and even more on LinkedIn (of all places), I completed my 12-week transformation with UP and I can quite proudly say it…

24 October 20160Comments

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Women's Health

Part 1: 5 Ways Women are Better Than Men in the Gym

When it comes to pushing the envelope in the gym, women beat men hands down. Once a woman passes the beginner stage of training and they start to learn how to contract muscle, lift a decent amount of weight and forget about their cardio-ridden past's, something special always happens. Here are five ways women are better than…

21 October 20160Comments

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Diet

When To Introduce Carbs Back Into Your Diet

The subject of when to introduce carbs back into your diet is often a tricky one. I know that people want clear and defined answers, but as always with the “artisan craft” that is body composition improvement (it is both a skill that needs to be learned and studied, but also something that requires experience and…

11 October 20160Comments

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Men's Health

Part 2: 5 Ways Men are Better than Women

Part one saw women winning the age-old gender battle with their innate ability to out-perform men in the gym. However, it’s not all one way. Here're five ways men are better than women: 1. Bigger, Stronger, Faster Men are physically stronger than women, as they have, on average, more total muscle mass, both in absolute terms and relative…

7 October 20160Comments

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Diet

Diet vs Exercise – The Truth from Nick Mitchell

Which is the most important to keep changing to achieve 12 week (36 sessions) results like these for a middle-aged PT client? 90% of you will have got it all wrong! You think that nutrition is more complicated than training and are prone to obsess over every new diet book. Some of you take it one step too…

7 October 20160Comments

ByNick Mitchell

Training Education

Concurrent Training – How To Mix Cardio and Resistance Training

When trying to optimise your training, whether for sports performance or body composition, an important consideration is how to implement cardio and resistance training in the same training phase. Training concurrently for adaptations in resistance and endurance training known (unsurprisingly) as concurrent training (often resistance training and cardiovascular training in the same session) - is…

7 October 20160Comments

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Part 2: Training Women vs. Men – 3 Key Differences You Need to Know

5 Things to Learn from a Body Transformation – Trainer Emily

UP Food – Buffalo Avocado Chips

Why Dieting Doesn’t Have To Be So Hard

Sam’s Fitness Journey:

Part 1: 5 Ways Women are Better Than Men in the Gym

When To Introduce Carbs Back Into Your Diet

Part 2: 5 Ways Men are Better than Women

Diet vs Exercise – The Truth from Nick Mitchell

Concurrent Training – How To Mix Cardio and Resistance Training

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